Minuscule 757 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ304 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 846e, 209a, 399p, and 146r.[5]

Minuscule 757
New Testament manuscript
TextNew Testament
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atNational Library of Greece
Size28 cm by 19.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Note

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the New Testament, on 414 paper leaves (size 28 cm by 19.5 cm),[3] with some lacunae. The texts of Matthew 1:1-2:11; 27:60-28:14; John 4:31-21:25 were supplied in the 16th century. The text of Matthew 15:20-23:27 is very defective. It has not Ephesians 4:28-6:24.[6]

The text is written in one column per page, 24-28 lines per page.[3]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, but there are no their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (with a harmony), lectionary markings, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), στιχοι, pictures, and Euthalian Apparatus. Synaxarion and Menologion were added in the 16th century.[6]

The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles (Hebrews follows Philemon), Apocalypse.[6]

Text edit

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates textual pair with 1075.[8]

The text of the Pericope Adulterae is marked by an obelus.[6]

History edit

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th century;[5] Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th or 14th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]

In 1843 it was brought from the monastery in Locris.[6]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (846)[5] and Gregory (757). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6] The text of the Apocalypse was collated by Herman C. Hoskier.[9]

The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (150) in Athens.[3][4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 109.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 74.
  3. ^ a b c d Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 92. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  5. ^ a b c Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 274.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 219.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  9. ^ Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), p. 513-514

Further reading edit

  • Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 219.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 513–514 (only for Apocalypse)